Combination dresser and dressing and writing table.



W; I. WOOD.

COMBINATION DRESSER AND DRESSING AND WRITING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 8. I915.

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COMBlNATlON DRESSER AND DRESSING AND WRITING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- a. 1915.

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WALTER J. woon, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

COMBINATION DRESSER AND DRESSING- AND WRITING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, ram.

Application filed February 8, 1915. Serial No. 6,842,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER J. \Voon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Combination Dresser and Dressing and Writing Table, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to combination dressers and dressing and writing tables, and its object is to provide a structure which may be utilized for the customary purposes of a dresser or other like article of furniture and at the same time is provided with normally concealed parts capable of being drawn out into useful position and utilizable either as a dressing table or a writing table, as may be desired.

In accordance with the present invention any suitable piece of furniture such as a dresser, chiifonnier or the like is provided with a shelf capable of being moved into or out from the front of the dresser beneath the usual top of the piece of furniture, and attached to this shelf there is provided a mirror capable of folding on the shelf and also of being raised into useful position when the shelf is drawn out, the extent of withdrawal of the shelf from the dresser determining the tilting of the mirror.

The slidable shelf may be of a character allowing the user to approach closer to the mirror in more convenient relation thereto than is usually possible with the mirror supplied with the dresser, and also provides a holder for different articles which may be of use.

When the parts are collapsed for storage within the dresser the mirror folds down upon the shelf and maybe provided with an edge molding or strip of a size to cover and hide the front edge of the shelf when in the retracted position.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention. I

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective View of a dresser provided with the present invention and showing the shelf and mirror in useful position.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1,but

showing the shelf and mirror of the way.

F 1g. 3 1s a longitudinal vertlcal section of pushed in out the structure of Fig. 1., but showing the mirror in end elevation.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the structure of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.- but drawn on a larger scale.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view similar to- Fig. 1 but showing the invention attached to a chlifonnier instead of dresser.

Fig. 8 1s a front elevation of a piece of furniture showing the invention applied at a different figures.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings there is shown in Fig. 1' and associated figures a dresser 1 and in Fig. 7 a chifionnier 2-. These two pieces of furniture may be taken as illustrative of any pieces of furniture to which the present invention is adapted without confining the application of the invention to the particular types of furniture shown.

The dresser 1 is supplied with drawers 3 and a mirror at as is customary, and the chifi'onnier is shown as provided with drawers 3 after the usual custom.

In place of the top drawer or drawers customarily provided in either piece of furposition than in the preceding niture the dresser 1 is supplied with a front mit the user to approachvery closely to the shelf and even to approach closer to the side walls of the spacesoccupied by the drawers 6. These boards each have a longitudinal groove 8 to receive a pin 9 on a slide 10, which at the front end is capable pose.

groove 11 in which is introduced a tongue 12 on a strip 13 fast to the under face of the corresponding side portion of a shelf 7 1 1 capable ofmoving into and out of the piece of furniture through an appropriate opening or slot formed in the front'board 5.

The shelf 14 is supported upon the slides 10 and is capable of a limited movement independent of the slides, and when such movement is completed the shdes 10 are engaged by the tongues 12 so that these slides par 'ticipate in further movement of the shelf,

which movement may be considered as a withdrawing movement from the dresser.

Ultimately the pins 9 come into contact with the terminal portions of the grooves 8, or instead of such arrangement the slides 10 may be provided with a connectin stop strip 15 which limits the movement 0 these slides outwardly from the dresser.

The particular'arrangement of parts just described with respect to the construction of the slides and supports, as well as means for limiting the extent of withdrawal of the parts, is susceptible of considerable change and may be arranged quite differently from What has been described, for various eXpedients are employed in providing for such movements in the furniture art, and hence what has been shown and described with respect to these particular features is to be taken as largely indicative and as not confining the invention in any respect to any particular devices.

The object to be accomplished is to provide for the outward and inward movements of the shelf 1 1 and when drawn out to the full extent this shelf is supported through a portion of its depth by the slides 10.

The shelf is shown as provided with an inset front portion 16, so shaped as to perdresser than the extreme outer front edge of the shelf.

I There is also provided a'mirror 17 carried by a frame 18' connected to the shelf lt'at one edge of the frameby hinges 19. The

arrangement is such that the mirror may 7, be folded down flat on top of the shelf 14,

and in suchevent the combined thickness of the shelf and mirror with its frame permits the twostructures to be pushed into i o the dresser through the opening; provided the frontboard '5 for p the purpose.

The mirror need not be as' wide. as

the shelf, although it maybe as wide,'and

in order to entirely close or hide the opening through which the shelf and mirror are withdrawn from the dresser that edge of the mirror frame which may be called the front edge is provided with a molding finish 20 of a width to cover the front edge of the shelf when the mirror is folded down thereagainst, and this molding may further be wide enough to cover the front ends of the slides 10, wherefore when the parts are in the retracted position an ornamental finish is provided. For convenience of manipulation the molding finish 20 is supplied with handles or knobs 21 by means of which the mirror and shelf may be easily pulled out from the dresser when such operation is desired.

To prevent warping of the shelf edge inset strips 22 are applied or any other means for a like purpose may be employed. The dresser is supplied with the usual top 23 and the chiifonnier with the usual top 23 and in neither instance is the top at all disturbed by the presence of the shelf and the supplemental mirror, these parts in the collapsed position being contained within the dresser and ehilionnier beneath and wholly covered by the top. lVhen the shelf is drawn out so that the mirror may be raised the front edge of the top 23 or 23 constitutes a support or abutment for the back of the mirror frame upholding the mirror in the elevated useful position at any degree of slant in accordance with the extent of withdrawal of the shelf from the dresser.

In the case of the dresser, and in the case of a chifionnier provided with the usual mirror it is either impossible or highly inconvenient forthc user to sit and at the same time manage to see into the mirror.

With the present invention the mirror is brought into convenient position at the front of the dresser or ehilfonnier with ample shelf room for holding various articles needed and at the same time providing a convenient means for imparting a useful tilt to the mirror. The shelf is also highly useful for writing purposes and the way androut of sight under the usual top of the dresser.

While in the structures shown in Figs.

1 and 7 the shelf with the mirror is applied to the piece of furniture directly under the top thereof, it may, particularly in chiffonniers or other high pieces of furniture, be located considerably lower than the top of the piece of furniture, so as to be at what may be termed sitting height. when so located the user may utilize the mirror and shelf or the like while sitting in a chair, this being also true of the structure of Fig. 1 and associated figures. The chiffonnier, however, is made so high that if the shelf and mirror be located immediately under the top of the piece of furniture, the user must stand.

In Fig. 8 there is shown a portion of a chiii onnier 2 with a shelf and mirror located considerably lower than the top 23, although the molding finish 20 and the handles and knobs 21 are the only parts displayed. These, however, will be suflicient to indicate the location of the structure.

It is not necessary that a shelf be employed for the mirror may be carried by one of the drawers, such as a drawer 3 shown in Fig. 9 as the topmost drawer, which might be the case when the drawer was used in connection with a dresser, or this drawer might be a lower one in the case of a chiffonnier. The drawer is provided with slides 10 and 13*, as in the other structures, and these parts need no special description. In Fig. 9 there is a mirror 14* supported at the rear end by hinges 19 and at the front end seating in a rabbet 24 in the inner face of the top edge of the front board of the drawer. This permit-s the mirror when in the folded down position to have its back flush with the top of the drawer, and when this drawer is pulled out with the mirror lying flat therein the back of the mirror may be utilized as a desk or table or the like, and when the mirror is raised to position for use as a mirror, the drawer may be utilized for the reception of different articles and may also be utilized for the storage of such articles when the mirror is closed down and the drawer pushed in.

In either case the drawer or the shelf may be termed a slidable member and serves as a support for the mirror, which latter is hinged or otherwise connected to the slidable member so that when the latter is drawn out the mirror may be raised to be supported either by the top of the piece of furniture, or by the body portion thereof, so that the mirror stands upright or tilted backwardly to any desired angle permitted by the extent of outward movement of the slidable member.

hat is claimed is 1. A dresser or like piece of furniture, provided with an upright series of drawers and a slidable plane shelf independent of the drawers, and located lower than the top of the dresser, said shelf being normally housed within the dresser and movable therefrom into extended relation thereto and provided with a mirror hinged directly to the upper face of the shelf near the rear edge thereof and foldable face downwardly flat against the shelf toward the front thereof and in such position movable with the shelf into and out of the dresser, said mirror being also movable into an upstanding position of use when the shelf is extended.

2. A dresser or other piece of furniture provided with a top and an upright series of drawers below the top, and a slidable plane shelf located immediately below the top of the dresser and normally housed therein and having a mirror hinged directly to the upper face of the shelf near the rear thereof,

and foldable flat down on to the shelf toward the front thereof, said mirror being adapted to be moved on its hinge connection with the shelf into an upright position of use when the shelf is withdrawn from the dresser.

3. A dresser or other piece of furniture provided with a slidable plane shelf mounted in the dresser lower than the top of said dresser, and a mirror hinged to the upper surface of the shelf near the rear of the latter and foldable on to the shelf toward the front thereof and also movable into an upright position of use when the shelf is in the withdrawn position, said shelf having an inset front edge to" accommodate the body of the user and the mirror having its hinge connection with the upper surface of the shelf at such distance from the front edge of the shelf as to reach thereto when the mirror is folded down upon the shelf.

4-,. A dresser or like piece of furniture, provided with a slidable plane shelf located lower than the top of the dresser and movable therefrom into extended relation thereto, and a mirror hinged at one edge to the top of the shelf near the rear end of the latter and foldable down upon the shelf toward the front edge of said shelf, said mirror having the edge remote from the hinged edge provided with a finishing molding of a width to cover the front edge of the shelf when the mirror is folded down thereon.

5. A. dresser or like piece of furniture provided with a slidable plane shelf located lower than the top of the dresser and movable therefrom into extended relation thereto, and a mirror hinged at one edge to the top of the shelf near the rear end of the latter and foldable down upon the shelf toward the front edge of said shelf, said mirror having the edge remote from the hinged edge provided with a finishing molding of a width to cover the front edge of the shelf when the mirror is folded down thereon,

said molding having manipulating handles on the side thereof remote from the mirror, and said molding being of a Width to hide the outer edges of the shelf and mirror When the'shelf is moved into the dresser With the handles exposed for manipulation.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER J. WOOD.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. EBERI-IARDT, MABEL BUCHANAN.

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